04256cpcaa2200685 4500 mm 89078663 DLC 20260227111723.0 cr ||||||||||| 891020|||||||||||| eng mm 89078663 DLC DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Ballentine, John J. (John Jennings), 1896-1970. John J. Ballentine papers, 1913-1973 (bulk 1942-1954). 5,000 items. 21 containers plus 11 oversize. 10 linear feet. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1941-1962; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1920-1970; Series 3: Subject File, 1913-1973; Series 4: Miscellany, 1914-1961; and Series 5: Oversize, 1942-1970. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, logbooks, military records, biographical materials, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Ballentine's naval career after 1920. Documents Ballentine's training as an air pilot; his duties at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va., including the testing of the Norden bombsight and the first remote-controlled airplane; his correspondence with Theodore H. Barth, president of Carl L. Norden, Inc., relating to the testing and production of Norden bombsights; his activities during World War II off the coast of North Africa during Operation Torch (1942) and as first commanding officer of the Bunker Hill (aircraft carrier) in campaigns in the Pacific Ocean (1943-1944); his postwar tours of duty in the Mediterranean as commander of Carrier Division One (1947-1949) and as commander of the Sixth Fleet (1949-1951); his tour of duty (1951-1954) as Commander Air Force Atlantic Fleet (COMAIRLANT); his activities as a member of a U.S. armed forces interservice board in Washington, D.C. (1956-1957); and his lifelong interest in hunting. Correspondence received as COMAIRLANT includes reports from commanders in the Mediterranean and information on the Korean War. Includes histories of U.S. naval aviation. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. naval officer and air pilot. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Barth, Theodore H. (Theodore Harold), 1891-1967 Correspondence. United States. Navy Aviation. United States. Navy Foreign service Atlantic Ocean. United States. Navy Foreign service Mediterranean Region. United States. Navy Officers. United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Air Force. United States. Navy. Carrier Division One. United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th. Bunker Hill (Aircraft carrier : CV-17) Carl L. Norden, Inc. Naval Proving Ground (Dahlgren, Va.) Aeronautics, Military. Airplanes, Military Flight testing. Flight. Flight training. Hunting. Korean War, 1950-1953. Norden bombsight. Operation Torch, 1942. Remote control. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American. United States Armed forces. Aviators. itoamc Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997013.3 44224 44224